Norbert-Pierre HENAULT

(b. 22 July 1823 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 31 May 1885 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada )

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Norbert-Pierre HENAULT was born 22 July 1823 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Norbert-Pierre HENAULT was the child of Pierre-Louis HENAULT and Archange BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Pierre HENAULT dit CANADA and Marie-Thérèse BRUNET (maternal) Antoine BOUCHER and Archange GRIMARD dite MORAND

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Norbert-Pierre married Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 25 July 1854 in Berthierville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was born 24 December 1826 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Genevieve died 14 October 1899 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Genevieve was the child of Edouard BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Séraphine PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE.

Norbert-Pierre HENAULT died 31 May 1885 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Norbert-Pierre HENAULT was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Norbert-Pierre HENAULT married

Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE-- Date: 25 July 1854 Place: Berthierville, Canada East
Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Edouard BEAUGRAND dit CHAMPAGNE and Séraphine PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE

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Children of Norbert-Pierre HENAULT and Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE:

Genevieve-Octavie HENAULT (b.22 January 1857, Berthierville, Canada East d. , )

Norbert HENAULT (b.November 1865, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 December 1934, Berthierville, Québec, Canada )

Onesime HENAULT (b.12 September 1870, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1823 Birth
22 July 1823
Berthierville, Lower Canada

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Norbert-Pierre HENAULT and Genevieve BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 25 July 1854, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 31 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Genevieve-Octavie HENAULT was born 22 January 1857, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Norbert-Pierre was 33 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Norbert HENAULT was born November 1865, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Norbert-Pierre was 42 years old.

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.